Shelfmark
Ib8.3.09
Additional shelfmark
Ib8.3.10
Additional shelfmark
Ib8.3.11
Additional shelfmark
CS.Eto.1953.01
Additional shelfmark
[Reference copy]: Qe.1
Author
Title
Macnaghten War Memorial Library of books relative to the World War of 1914-1918, autographed by the authors and principal personages concerned : description of the library, its origin and purposes, and an analysis of the signatures, inscriptions and their significance / by Colin H. Macmillan and Evelyn M. Stuart ; foreword by Sir Henry Marten.
Publication, distribution, etc.
London : Spottiswoode, Ballantyne and Co. Ltd., 1953.
Physical description
43 p., [35] p. of plates : ill. ; 28 cm.
Note
"Presented to Eton College in 1938 by Sir Eugen Millington-Drake ... as a memorial to Hugh Macnaghten and fifty-seven old boys of his house who fell in the war."
Provenance
[Ib8.3.09] Loose typed letter with ms. corrections dated 8th September 1953.
Provenance
[Ib8.3.09] Loose tracing paper "With the compliments of Sir Eugen Millington-Darke".
Provenance
[Ib8.3.09] Loose tracing paper with an unsigned note dated 8th December 1953.
Provenance
[Ib8.3.10] Ms. inscription on title page: "To Patrick Strong with all good wishes for his new and interesting task as Keeper of the papers and College Library E Millington Drake London July 6 1967".
Provenance
[Ib8.3.11] Ms. inscription "Aubrey Lawrence March '59".
Copy-specific note
[Ib8.3.09] and [Ib8.3.11] "Explanatory foreword in regard to the present printing" (4 p.) and "An abbreviated version of an article in the Times of December 9, 1928" (1 leaf) inserted.
Copy-specific note
[Ib8.3.10] "Explanatory foreword in regard to the present printing" (4 p.) inserted.
Subject
Subject
Subject
World War, 1914-1918 Library resources England Eton
Added entry--name
Added entry--name
Spottiswoode, Ballantyne & Co. printer.
Added entry--place
England London.
Identifier
B38474